James Tink
@jmtink.bsky.social
Academic from UK, teaching English Literature in North East Japan (Tohoku).
(All opinions are my own and do not reflect my place of work).
(All opinions are my own and do not reflect my place of work).
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Broke: "A British Meji Restoration"
Bespoke: "A British Tokugawa Shogunate"
Bespoke: "A British Tokugawa Shogunate"
Good grief: a genuine, senior Reform candidate saying we should force Jews and Muslims to commit blasphamy to 'prove their sincerity to Christians'.
This is just straight up racism and the fact Reform can't disown him says everything.
This is just straight up racism and the fact Reform can't disown him says everything.
Reform candidate slammed over 'bacon' religion comment as Farage faces pressure
A senior Reform UK candidate faces fresh criticism over 'unacceptable' comments suggesting non-Christians should eat 'bacon' to prove their sincerity to the religion
www.mirror.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Broke: "A British Meji Restoration"
Bespoke: "A British Tokugawa Shogunate"
Bespoke: "A British Tokugawa Shogunate"
Hey Bojo is doing Tokyo: actually for ( ahem) “New Age” religious group. Hope they pay well.
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Hey Bojo is doing Tokyo: actually for ( ahem) “New Age” religious group. Hope they pay well.
Agreed. Not my specialism, but this is a bizarrely self-indulgent thing to publish in ( I assume) a legitimate scholarly journal
Stupid embarrassing crap, that humiliates the entire academic profession.
Long form law?
Pierre Legrand's 200-page review (with 750 footnotes) of "Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford University Press, 146 pages) by Sabrina Ragone and Guido Smorto.
www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Sorbonne #academia
#research #PhDChat
Pierre Legrand's 200-page review (with 750 footnotes) of "Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford University Press, 146 pages) by Sabrina Ragone and Guido Smorto.
www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Sorbonne #academia
#research #PhDChat
December 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Agreed. Not my specialism, but this is a bizarrely self-indulgent thing to publish in ( I assume) a legitimate scholarly journal
Best work of art 50 years before I was born Bluesky challenge? Paul Valéry “Le Cimitière marin’ and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Best work of art 50 years before I was born Bluesky challenge? Paul Valéry “Le Cimitière marin’ and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Bit of an earthquake moment just now. Aomori got the worse. Take care.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Bit of an earthquake moment just now. Aomori got the worse. Take care.
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What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
Way to bring it down, man.
Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says
Exclusive: PM hits back at critics as he insists Rachel Reeves right to impose £26bn worth of tax rises at budget
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Way to bring it down, man.
Interesting
Exclusive | Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan
Japan, a U.S. ally that had angered China on Taiwan, found the message worrying.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Interesting
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"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
Mani’s bass notes on “Fools Gold” playing in my head
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mani’s bass notes on “Fools Gold” playing in my head
The baby boomer dance goes on forever.. ISB in the Daily Mail
Has MOJO bought the Daily Mail? (That would be good for many reasons)
Apologies for the Daily Mail link, but for those of us who are fans of The Incredible String Band, this is pretty wild.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The baby boomer dance goes on forever.. ISB in the Daily Mail
The Labour centrists ( or are they the rightists?) are just as petty and spiteful as they accuse the left of being; briefing against your own cabinet minister on the morning he has a media round is epic level vanity.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Labour centrists ( or are they the rightists?) are just as petty and spiteful as they accuse the left of being; briefing against your own cabinet minister on the morning he has a media round is epic level vanity.
I had been distracted from uk news, but it seems to be becoming a right mess
Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer and condemns briefings from No 10
Health secretary says attacks on him from Downing Street ‘self-defeating’ after reports PM’s job could be under threat
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I had been distracted from uk news, but it seems to be becoming a right mess
Hey NHK 7pm news, the English translator sounds a bit drunk
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hey NHK 7pm news, the English translator sounds a bit drunk
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Really do not understand the criteria for this beyond vague ideas of “spirituality”: but is Japan, with Shinto, onsen resorts, nostalgic “furusato” ruralism —and yes, hungry bears— really among the least connected countries? Weird.
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Really do not understand the criteria for this beyond vague ideas of “spirituality”: but is Japan, with Shinto, onsen resorts, nostalgic “furusato” ruralism —and yes, hungry bears— really among the least connected countries? Weird.
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the assumptions made about the target audience by making the first two items "OnlyFans' and 'child support' are kind of incredible
This is Bad (source: network.fintechtakes.com/library/3d38...)
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the assumptions made about the target audience by making the first two items "OnlyFans' and 'child support' are kind of incredible
Lovely Nick Offerman on the impact of seeing Merchant Ivory’s A Room With View on his Illinois teenage self.
Nick Offerman’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Lovely Nick Offerman on the impact of seeing Merchant Ivory’s A Room With View on his Illinois teenage self.
Grew up watching Fawlty Towers, so obviously sad to hear about Prunella Scales: a thoroughly good person all round, I am told by those who met her.
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Grew up watching Fawlty Towers, so obviously sad to hear about Prunella Scales: a thoroughly good person all round, I am told by those who met her.
Goodbye David Ball. Love the way he suggests the yearning and menace behind Marc Almond’s naïf persona in this song. ( And “Flotation” by The Grid is a favourite too)
youtu.be/stb9jwd5y-k?...
youtu.be/stb9jwd5y-k?...
Soft Cell - Bedsitter (TOTP 1981)
YouTube video by Top Of The Pops Redubbed
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Goodbye David Ball. Love the way he suggests the yearning and menace behind Marc Almond’s naïf persona in this song. ( And “Flotation” by The Grid is a favourite too)
youtu.be/stb9jwd5y-k?...
youtu.be/stb9jwd5y-k?...
“Deconstructing the White House”turns out to be much less interesting in reality than an old grad school essay.
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Deconstructing the White House”turns out to be much less interesting in reality than an old grad school essay.